The applications for Salem (all 3) were done by the illustrious out of town engineer for Common Frequency in Davis, CA. Todd Urick (although his name only appeared on one of them, he did all three). The object was to make sure all availabilities were filed on so they didn’t become translators. The 94.3 application sat there until recently with no-one actually working on it until it came to critical mass. From what I heard some out of town guy wants to save it but clearly with no time to work it out, they apparently either faked it or ran a test on a stick to get enough data for filing for a license to cover the construction permit and upon approval immediately file for an STA to go silent and get 6 months to figure it out. I mean really, an antenna on a 15 foot pole surrounded by 60 foot trees is not going to work (I’ve been to the proposed site). Word is the FCC is frowning on this kind of behavior but they are understaffed to run down every one of these to make sure they are on the up and up. Filing for a license means you not only have your main antenna ready to go, but your studio and EAS stuff all in place.

Not to mention KRZZ on Mt. Hood with 94.3 line of sight right into Salem.

Ok, Salem has local stations … and it looks like most of them are non-coms or religious. A couple of the AM’s seem to be the only commercial stations actually trying to program for the Salem area. Does KBZY or any of the others have translators? I can imagine it would be hard to gain a foothold in the marketplace without a decent translator.

They don’t have a site. Never did. They are currently licensed and dark at a location that has no power and no nearby phone/cable, soft soil requiring an extensive permit process from Marion County for any ‘tower’ more then 20 feet high, and another 6 months isn’t going to solve their ‘transmitter problems.’

As mentioned before, the frequency is not a good one since full power co channel KZZR on Mt. Hood has line of sight into Salem.

Speaking of no power…KYTE Newport with CP to move to Independence Expires September 3rd this weekend…last I heard there was no power to site and they were planning to run off of a diesel generator. Things have been postponed there for months due to GM health and weather issues. There’s a tower but equipment runs on solar.